8:30-9:15 a.m., Volstorff Ballroom (101B).
Tony Willardson, Executive Director, Western States Water Council.
The Future of Water Management in the Western U.S.
12:45-1:30 p.m., Volstorff Ballroom (101A).
Matt Helmers, Professor and Water Quality and Management Engineer at Iowa State University.
Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Science.
Climate
9:30-11 a.m.
Moderator: Dennis Todey, SDSU.
Volstorff Ballroom (101A).
9:30-9:50 a.m.
Laura Edwards – SDSU Extension Climate Field Specialist.
A New Drought Early Warning System for the Missouri River Basin.
9:50-10:10 a.m.
Phil Schumacher – National Weather Service Science and Operations Officer.
Determining Trends in Heavy Precipitation over the Northern Great Plains.
10:10-10:30 a.m.
Kevin Gallo - NOAA.
Historical Drought Episodes Recorded by Native Americans.
10:30-10:50 a.m.
Carrie Olheiser - Operations Lead at NOAA’s National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC).
An Overview of the National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center's Snow Data Assimilation System (SNODAS).
9:30 - 11 a.m.
Groundwater.
Moderator: Laurent Ahiablame, SDSU.
Volstorff Ballroom (101B).
9:30 - 9:50 a.m.
Derric Iles – State Geologist, South Dakota Geological Survey.
South Dakota’s Statewide Ground Water Quality Monitoring Network.
9:50 - 10:10 a.m.
Xinhua Jia – Associate Professor, ABE NDSU.
Measuring subirrigation efficiency and uniformity on two subirrigated fields in the Red River Valley.
10:10 - 10:30 a.m.
Ken Buhler – South Dakota DENR-Water Rights Program.
A New Application Process for Fully Appropriated Aquifers.
10:30 - 10:50 a.m.
Mark Hollenbeck – Project Manager Dewey-Burdock In-situ Uranium Recovery Project.
Comparison of water quantity impacts and economic benefits of the Dewey-Burdock in situ uranium recovery project (DBP).
11 a.m. - noon
Moderator: Jay Gilbertson, EDWDD.
11 - 11:30 a.m.
Rebecca Perrin – EPA Agricultural Advisor for Region 8.
11:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Wayne Smith – South Dakota Farm Bureau.
11:45 a.m. - noon
Question and answer session for Rebecca and Wayne.
12:15 - 12:45 p.m.
Lunch
Volstorff Ballroom (101A).
2 - 3:30 p.m.
Surface Water
Moderator: Chris Schmit, SDSU.
Volstorff Ballroom (101A).
2 - 2:20 p.m.
Cindie McCutcheon – Engineer, RESPEC.
Scenario Application Manager (SAM): An Implementation scenario Decision Support Tool.
2:20 - 2:40 p.m.
Terry Schiltz – AgSense.
Maximizing Irrigation Efficiency using Remote Monitor and Control.
2:40 - 3 p.m.
David Patrick – EcoAsset.
Water Resource Management in South Dakota: Wetland Mitigation in Agricultural Landscapes.
3 - 3:20 p.m.
Jill Riedel – Engineer, South Dakota DENR.
Storm Water Impacts and Regulations.
Student presentations
Moderator: Laura Edwards, SDSU.
Volstorff Ballroom (101B).
2 - 2:20 p.m.
Reduction of Turbidity in South Dakota Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Using Polyacrylamide.
2:20 - 2:40 p.m.
Ibrahim Abusallout–SDSU Water and Environment.
Reducing Disinfection Byproducts in Surface Water through Solar Photolysis.
2:40 - 3 p.m.
Shamimur Rahman – SDSU Civil and Environment.
Effect of pH and Temperature on Degradation of Halogenated DBPs.
3 - 3:20 p.m.
Lyntausha Kuehl – SDSU N.R. Management.
Preliminary Assessment of Beneficial Use Support in Northwestern Great Plains Perennial Wadeable Streams.
3:30 - 4 p.m., Volstorff Lounge
Morgan Salo – SDSU Water and Environmental Research Center.
Nutrient Removal from Agricultural Subsurface Drainage Using Denitrification Bioreactors and Phosphate Adsorbents.
Boris Shmagin – SDSU Adjunct Professor ABE.
Between Weather and Climate: the Challenge of Seasonal Forecasts.
Bjorn Sellner – SDSU Water and Environmental Research Center.
Low-Cost Filtration Materials for Phosphorus Removal.
Govinda Karki – SDSU ABE.
Comparison of Soil Water Characteristics Curve (SWCC) obtained by the combination of Hyprop (evaporation method) and WP4C (dew point potentiometer) with Rosetta Pedotransfer function (PTF).
Kelsey Kolars – NDSU ABE.
Measuring subirrigation efficiency and uniformity on two subirrigated fields in the Red River Valley.
Eden Heliso – SDSU Water and Environmental Research Center.
Nutrient Removal using a Forward Osmosis Membrane Process.
Ishwary Acharya – SDSU Dairy Science.
Effect of source and quality of water and water treatment system on the ruminal fermentation and nutrient digestibility of a total mixed ration using an in vitro gas production measurement system.
4 - 5:30 p.m.
Moderator: Daniel Ostrem, SDSU.
4 - 4:20 p.m.
Jared Oswald –Watershed Engineer RESPEC.
Central Big Sioux River Water-Quality Trading Pilot Program Development.
4:20 - 4:40 p.m.
Mark Andersen - Director of the South Dakota Water Science Center.
Potential Factors and Implications Associated with Long-Term Streamflow Trends in the James and Big Sioux Rivers.
4:40 - 5 p.m.
Jarett Bies
Racing Rivers to Save Them.
5 - 5:20 p.m.
Jay Gilbertson – Manager of East Dakota Water Development District.
2014 Skunk Creek NWQI Water Quality Assessment: Preliminary Results.
Keynote Speakers
Tony Willardson was named as executive director of the Western States Water Council in July 2009. The council is affiliated with the Western Governors’ Association. Its members are appointed by the governors of 18 states. Formerly the deputy director, he has been with the council since 1979. He holds a B.A. in political science from Brigham Young University and a M.S. in public administration from the University of Utah and is a member of the National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration (Pi Alpha Alpha). He oversees publication of a weekly newsletter, Western States Water, which he edited for many years. He is the author of numerous articles and reports covering a wide range of water resource issues, including water project financing and cost sharing, groundwater management and recharge, water conservation, drought, water use fees, remote sensing of water use and interregional water transfers. He is one of the principal author’s of the WGA’s 2006 Report, Water Needs and Strategies for a Sustainable Future and subsequent 2008 Next Steps Report, as well as the related WSWC 2010 Progress Report. He also coauthored the WGA’s December 2012 Report, Water Transfers in the West: Projects, Trends and Leading Practices in Voluntary Water Trading.
Matt Helmers is the dean’s professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University, where he has been on the faculty since 2003. Matt received his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2003, a M.S. from Virginia Tech in 1997 and B.S. from Iowa State in 2005. Dr. Helmers’ research areas include studies on the impact of nutrient management, cropping practices, drainage design and management and strategic placement of buffer systems on nutrient export from agricultural landscapes. He has a regional Extension program working to increase adoption of practices that have the potential to reduce downstream nutrient export. He served as the nitrogen science team lead on the recently completed Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Science Assessment.